The Actor’s Guide to the End of the World
Episodes
Disney's Billion Dollar Deal Was Killed in 3 Months
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 74! A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for knowingly designing add...
The Mistake Most Actors Make About Affirmations (And What Actually Works)
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of World, Episode 73! E-Kan and Rían go DEEP this episode, and even talk affirmations and mindset. But befo...
The Oscars Chose Real Filmmaking- Sinners, PTA, and the Night Hollywood Got it Right
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 72! The big night is here, and it lived up to all of our expectations. Hollywo...
Did Timothée Chalamet Just Cost Himself the Oscar?
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 71! The Oscar race just flipped, and now Michael B. Jordan is now the favorite t...
YouTuber with 38 Million Followers Beat Hollywood at Its Own Game
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 70! Hollywood just got a whole lot smaller. The Paramount-Warner Bros.-Netflix d...
Ryan Coogler's Sinners: The Irish-Black Connection Nobody's Talking About
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, episode 69! E-Kan and Rían recently stumbled on Ryan Coogler's deep appreciation for Irish cult...
SAG-AFTRA vs Seedance 2.0 - The AI Threat Gets Real
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 68! Seedance 2.0, an AI video generator, just dropped new videos from the progra...
Denzel Told Him “Don’t Quit” 48 Years Ago- Now He’s Oscar-Nominated
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 67! This week we have an extra-strong dose of actor inspiration. E-Kan shares ...
$26 Billion, Taye Diggs, and the Vertical Drama Takeover
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 67! Vertical dramas are here, and they're not going anywhere. E-Kan and Rían ...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Cast in Marty Supreme with Zero Experience
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 65! The Oscar nominations just dropped, and Sinners broke records with 16 nominations....
They gave him an award on the red carpet and other awards show fails
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 64! E-Kan and Rían dive into some more awards shows stories (the bad ones). There is an...
The Golden Globes, Timothy Chalamet's Ambition, and His 'Top Level Sh*t'
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 63! The 2026 Golden Globes happened, but the real story is Timothy Chalamet's un...
Stranger Things Finale Brought in $30 million in Two Days - And Actors Got None of It
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 62! Hope you had a great holiday, E-Kan and Rían are ready to kick off the ye...
An Actor's Crisis - When Is It Actually Time to Give Up?
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 61! Hope you're all ready to ring in the new year. We sure are and have a real b...
McDonald's AI Ad Disaster and Inside the $83B Netflix-Warner Bros Deal
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 60 of the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! McDonald's pulls their AI-generated holiday ad after massive backlash—and the ...
Mickey O'Sullivan on Craft, Strategy, and Not Asking for Hollywood's Permission
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 59! Actor, teacher, producer, and friend of the podcast Mickey O'Sullivan joins ...
"So You're Still Doing the Acting Thing?" - How to Handle the Holidays like a Pro
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 58 of The Actor's Guide the End of the World Podcast! The holidays are here and can be magical—unless you're facing the dreaded "...
The Advice that Actually Worked - End-of-Year Highlights of our Best Guest Moments
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 57, the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast! In the spirit of the holidays, we thought we’d thank all of our incredib...
Jacob Elordi’s Audition Advice Goes Viral - and why many actors HATED it. And watching a Tom Cruise classic for the first time
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actors’ Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 56! It’s that time of year again - it's awards season and time to watch grea...
Is Hollywood Running Scared? - Why Diverse and Female Directors are Disappearing
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 55! The week we're pulling back the curtain on the maybe not-so-quiet retreat. T...
Martin Luther King Jr was Deepfaked - Are You Next?
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 54! This week E-Kan and Rían discuss the Martin Luther King, Jr. - Open AI controversy and the scram...
Ireland is paying artists? And what the rest of the world can learn from them
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast where we talk about acting and Hollywood in a way people understand. Today is good one, g...
From Casting Networks Chaos to AI Takeover? What actors need to know RIGHT NOW
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 52! We get back to the ongoings in the industry, and it’s a lot of bad (surp...
Brian Stepanek: Taking the role they told me not to take and Working with Gene Wilder
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 51! Award-winning actor-director-teacher Brian Stepanek (The Suite Life of Zac...
Our 50th episode! What we got right, what we got wrong, and what Soderbergh can teach you about your self-tapes
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, this is Episode 50! We have decided to look back on the past 50 episodes and talk abou...
Apple TV’s “Chief of War” Brandon Finn talks Going Toe to Toe with Jason Momoa
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 49! Special treat, friend Brandon Finn (Chief of War) joins E-Kan and Rían an...
AI "Actor" Tilly Norwood Stirs up Hollywood and an AI Studio BOMBS - What do we make of all this?
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Podcast, episode 48! And what a week it was… we cannot NOT talk about AI this week, as a new ...
Emmy's Hits and Misses, Speaking Fake Chinese, and Why Does Everyone Love One-Hour Dramas?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 47! Apologies for the upload issue on last week's episode, it has been resolved ...
(RE-UPLOAD)Why is E-Kan Sleeping in Central Park?
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 46! E-Kan and Rían get back to some of the happenings around town after back to...
PAs on the Pitt unionize and Why is E-Kan sleeping in Central Park?
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 46! E-Kan and Rían get back to some of the happenings around town after back to...
Actor and Union Leader Shaan Sharma on The Chosen, Masterminding Your Career, and the Fallout After the Strike
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 45! This is a monster episode, so get ready because class is in session. This ...
Timothy Davis: Crazy On-set Stories from "Billions", and what no one tells you about the Actor's Studio
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
(Apologies- this file was accidentally replaced by Episode 46. Sorry for the inconvenience, we are trying to repair it ASAP.) Welcome to Episode 44 ...
Marvel Leaves Georgia and How Much an Actor Makes in the UK Compared to the US
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 43 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! Marvel drops the bomb it’s no longer doing business in Georgia and hopping over ...
The NY Times Top 100 Films of the 21st Century and what they missed
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 42 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This episode is one for the film lovers - mostly. Tarantino has a gripe about the ...
Kids want to be YouTubers when they grow up - But is that really a bad thing?
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 41 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! E-Kan and Rían jump around this episode with a nice a recap of our recent guests ...
Kevin Walsh - Professional Footballer Turned Actor Talks Grit and Following Your Passion
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 40 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week we have friend of the podcast and fellow actor in Los Angeles, Kevin Wal...
Patrick Masset Pt. 2 - The Writing Process, How to Pitch, and Life and Death with Michael Mann
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 39 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This is a special one, folks. Writer-Producer Patrick Massett (Lara Croft: Tomb Ra...
Stephen Colbert Fired and Does Rehearsing Too Much Kill Your Performance?
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 38 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week, we got a few bombs to drop. First WeTransfer, online file sharing servi...
Writer-Producer Patrick Massett talks Taking Risks, Tomb Raider, and Hanging with Val Kilmer
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actors Guide to the End of the World Podcast, Episode 37! This week we have a very special guest, prolific screenwriter and producer, P...
What ChatGPT is Doing to Our Brains and Should Actors Do Vertical Shorts?
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 36 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week, the AI Regulations Ban gets voted down by the Senate 99-1, so chalk one...
What Creators Can Learn from Lin-Manuel Miranda
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 35 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week, CA got some big news and a step forward for getting production back in ...
Disney Sues Midjourney, AI Tools We're Scared to Use, and What it’s like to Work on a Tom Cruise Set
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 34 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week, the guys talk about why Disney and Universal is suing AI powerhouse Mid...
Layoffs rip through Hollywood and How to Create Your Own Work
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 33 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This week the guys discuss the massive layoffs happening throughout Hollywood, inc...
Working with Tom Hanks and Debunking Self-tape Myths on the Internet
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 32 to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World podcast! Still coming down from last week’s epic episode with last week’s gue...
Our first guest! Oscar-nominated writer-director Kirsten Sheridan on Cillian Murphy and Hulu’s Say Nothing | Ep 31
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 31 to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World podcast! This episode came out a little late this week but it’s worth the wait....
DeNiro, Self-Tapes, and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 30! Both E-Kan and Rían are having excellent days with this recording, you’ll have to...
AI Regulations Ban, the New SAG Commercial Contract, and Staying in the Game
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 29 of the Actor’s Guide to The End of the World! This one is PACKED. We have AI Regulations for actors, healthcare, and everyone ...
The New Pope, On-set Etiquette, and Trump's Hollywood Tariffs
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, episode 28! You asked for an episode on Trump’s tariffs, and you got it. E-Kan and Rían were ...
Jeremy Renner Leaves Hawkeye, Hollywood vs the World, and Secrets from Top TV Directors
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 27 of the Actor’s Guide to The End of the World! Apologies for the late upload, but this one is packed and well worth the wait. ...
Mingling with Fassbender, Sinners Shakes up Hollywood, and the Question Every Actor Hates
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 26! E-Kan has come back from his travels - you’ll hear what far off place he visited and why he prefer...
Hot Baths, The Artist's Way, and Reality TV Guilty Pleasures - The Self-Care Episode
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 25! This is the Self-care Episode, also another change of pace episode. This is random unreleased goodie...
Best and Worst On-Set Experiences - The Lost Episode
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 24! This episode is also a change of pace from previous episodes - unreleased footage that got cut from ...
What Actors Can Learn From Silicon Valley and The Power of Changing Your Mind - Best Hits
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 23! This episode is going to be little different than our past episodes - E-Kan will be ...
Rob Lowe Calls Out Hollywood, Is Dublin Taking Over the Industry, and Avoiding Burnout as a Creative
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 22! The podcast has hit a small milestone, and E-Kan and Rían will discuss the significance of getting ...
The Indie Film Episode - Anora Backlash and Sing Sing Reinvents the Indie Film
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 21! This is our Indie Film episode and we get to a lot of gems that didn’t make it during award season...
Is Caring Too Much Cringe? Rick Caruso vs Hollywood, and the Best of Reddit
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 20! There’s a viral article circulating comparing Hollywood’s reaction to Jeremy Strong’s compared...
The Oscars - The Good, Bad, and the Cringe, Kieran vs. Adrien, and The Actor's Guide Awards!
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide Podcast, Episode 19! This is the big Oscars recap as well as our favorite moments of Awards season, including our very fi...
Betting on the Oscars, Gambling Stories, and Sean Baker on Being an Indie Film Lifer
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor's Guide to the End of the World, Episode 18! This was recorded BEFORE the Academy Awards, that’s life when you release on Monda...
Maya Hawke, Instagram, and How Much Money Does It Cost to Win An Oscar?
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 17 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! Maya Hawke's comments about Instagram and social media have sent shockwaves throug...
Watching Self-Tapes for 4 Seconds Part 2, Oscars Fire Back at AI, and SuperBowl!
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 16 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! It has been wild week in sports for both Rían and E-Kan - Rían meets his childho...
AI Oscars Controversy, Emilia Pérez Debacle, and Watching Self-tapes for Only 4 seconds?!
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 15 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! This past weekend, Rían celebrates his birthday going to see a soccer match as E-...
First Acting Jobs, Tarantino, Theater vs. Film, and Biggest Actor Pet Peeves
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 14 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World! Good news- Rían got hit with one of the worst storms in Ireland’s history and...
Oscar Noms, Incarcerated Firefighters, and Getting Banned by TikTok, Oh my!
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World Episode 13! … a little later than usual because of a big weekend for Philly (Go Birds). While...
What Really Happened with the Wildfires, TikTok Ban (not really), and Online Dating
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Actor's Guide to the End of the World is back from a week off, and what a week it was. This is a bonus double episode and a much needed sanity che...
Quick Update - The California Wildfires
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey everyone - there will not be a new episode this week. With the ongoing wildfire situation in California, we will get back to uploading new episode...
AI Bills in Effect, Golden Globes, Resolutions, and Is New Year's the Worst Holiday?
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the new year, and this is episode 11 of The Actor's Guide to the End of the World! Some key AI bills in California start this week, and E-Kan and...
Affleck, AI, and the Secret to Juggling Your Side Hustle
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays! This is episode 10 of The Actor's Guide to the End of the World and we saved the best for the last of the year! Today we’re diving i...
Biggest Winners of 2024, Broadway, Keanu, and Making Art Accessible
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World and it's the holidays! The guys discuss the biggest risks of the year and who really won in a t...
SAG Health Plan Lawsuit, and Is the Golden Globes the Sketchiest Award Show?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 8 of the Actor's Guide to the End of the World and award season is underway! Golden globe nominations were announced and the guys discuss the ...
TikTok Ban, Commedia dell'arte, and the Fear of Failure
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 7 of the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! This was an eye-opening one. The guys discuss the newest developments of the poss...
Film Fest PR Disaster, Shows so good we can't watch, and Can an actor watch too much TV?
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a jam packed Episode 6 of the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! E-Kan and Rían get into the controversy at the Camerimage Film Fest...
Free Movies for Actors, Biggest Networking Mistakes, and What Makes Movie Stars So Special
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the episode 5 of the Actor’s Guide to the end of the World! It’s award season, and the guys talk about the many free screenings and sta...
Big news for California, What Trump Means for Hollywood and Representation, and Why Art Matters
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 4 of the Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! In this episode, the guys will discuss a new proposal by Governor Newsom boosting...
23 and Me crumbles with our DNA, Getting Scammed by Big Tech, and Life Changing Moments
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome! Episode 3 of The Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! We look into the collapse of 23 and Me and what that means for our DNA and data mov...
Is it worth it for actors to be in California anymore?
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome! This is The Actor's Guide to the End of the World's second episode. Will Mayor Karen Bass’s plan to keep productions in Los Angeles work? S...
Acting Origin Stories, When AI Steals Your Voice, Table Read Tips, and Getting Cut from a Show
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The premiere episode of The Actor’s Guide to the End of the World! E-Kan and Rían dive into what you need to know about how two voice-over actors h...